Etymology

bespit

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Today it means: To spit upon (someone or something); to soil with spittle. Full definition →

Middle English bispitten
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  1. Middle English · inherited frombispitten
  2. English todaybespit

From Middle English bispitten, equivalent to be- + spit. Compare bespet.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.